#DDC74F#DDC74F

#DDC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC74F
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -6.01, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 61.18, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0215 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6557, 56.7859, 15.6355)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC74F #4F65DD

analogous

#DD804F #DDC74F #ACDD4F

triadic

#DDC74F #4FDDC7 #C74FDD

tetradic

#DDC74F #4FDD80 #4F65DD #DD4FAC

square

#DDC74F #4FDD80 #4F65DD #DD4FAC

split-complementary

#DDC74F #4FACDD #804FDD

monochromatic

#95821D #C8AF27 #DDC74F #E7D782 #F1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DDC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC74F

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC74F	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd786',
    500: '#ddc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc74f;
$custom-light: #ebd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82606,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC74F

secondary

#374699

accent

#58EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC74F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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